Blackbaud Launches Responsible AI Suite for Fundraisers at AFP ICON 2026, unveiling a set of AI‑powered tools that aim to automate donor outreach, accelerate giving, and embed ethical safeguards into nonprofit fundraising workflows. Why the announcement matters Blackbaud, the NASDAQ‑listed provider of AI‑driven social‑impact software, used the AFP ICON conference in San Diego to introduce…
Avoca raises $125 million to scale its AI platform for the services economy, a funding round that values the startup at $1 billion and positions it to book roughly $1 billion in jobs this year. Avoca closed a Series B round led by Meritech and General Catalyst, adding to a prior Series A led by Kleiner Perkins. The total raise…
Utimaco key management integration with VAST AI Operating System enables secure AI datasets, models and workloads across modern AI infrastructure. The German‑based cybersecurity firm announced its entry into the VAST Cosmos Community as a Technology Partner, coupling its Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) with VAST Data’s AI‑focused operating system to give enterprises a unified way…
Philadelphia, PA / April 27th, 2026 – Piano, the digital analytics and subscription management platform, today announced that COO Nick Worth has been selected as the company’s new CEO after a comprehensive search for a new leader. Before taking the COO role three years ago, Worth was Chief Client Officer (CCO), playing a critical role…
NetApp and Google Cloud have announced a new unified storage offering—Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Flex Unified Service Level—that lets enterprises run file and block workloads side‑by‑side across all Google Cloud regions, a move that could reshape how AI‑driven applications access data at scale. The partnership between NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) and Google Cloud has moved from incremental…
